Barcelona have finally confirmed that Lamine Yamal will take up the club’s iconic No 10 shirt — another landmark moment in his brilliant, burgeoning career. Yamal, who turned 18 on Sunday, inherits the number from his good friend Ansu Fati, who had it for the last three years but left it behind on July 1 when…
Champions League first-round qualifier, second-leg: Linfield v Shelbourne, Windsor Park, Wednesday, 7.45pm (Shelbourne lead 1-0 on aggregate) For anyone presuming they can watch the return meeting of this absorbing all-Ireland Champions League qualifier on RTÉ2, after the national broadcaster showed the first-leg from Tolka Park last Wednesday, they will instead be welcomed by coverage of…
Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has been criticised and is facing a potential investigation over the presence of a group of dwarves at his 18th birthday party. Jesus Martin Blanco, the director general for the rights of persons with disabilities in Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights, has called for an investigation, while the Association of People…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The winners walked onstage past a trophy designed to represent “the pinnacle of global club football.” They shook hands with the most powerful man in sports, then the most powerful man in the world. They partied beneath fireworks and flames, amid golden sparks and blue smoke. They, Chelsea, were “winners of…
Cole Palmer scored two goals and made another as Chelsea stunned Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the Club World Cup on Sunday, beating the European champions 3-0 before lifting the trophy alongside US President Donald Trump. PSG were the favourites after coming to the United States fresh from winning the Champions League and having…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N,J. (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea square off in the final of the Club World Cup at MetLife Stadium on Sunday with the chance to become the first winner of the newly expanded tournament. Kickoff is 3 p.m. Eastern time. Thirty-two teams from around the world entered the competition but it ends…
Posing for photographs with supermodel Naomi Campbell and world boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk, serial blagger Stephen Carruthers seemed to be having the time of his life. Carruthers had been able to bypass a “ring of steel” security operation, put in place by the Football Association, to sneak his way into the 2024 Champions League final…
By TUM BALOGUN Published: 00:24 BST, 9 July 2025 | Updated: 00:56 BST, 9 July 2025 Ange Postecoglou and Thomas Frank came close to an extraordinary job swap, according to a report. The Australian was sacked as Spurs boss last month despite leading the side to the Europa League, which ended a 17-year wait for…
The brass at La Liga outfit Villarreal are preparing to open talks with their counterparts at Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain, over the signing of Carlos Soler. That’s according to Mundo Deportivo, citing Estadio Deportivo, who have this weekend provided an insight into the situation. Advertisement It is common knowledge at this point that those…
Cristiano Ronaldo chose Hong Kong as the location for his latest CR7 Life Museum because of his huge fan base in China, his representatives said on Thursday. The Portuguese football star will also visit the city at some point when his museum is up and running in the K11 Musea shopping centre in Tsim Sha…